St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-02-05
- SObAN BUll.FlGHT.


inc Pugnacious Animals A.. nj.
p"'e"-d by the Skillfal Masadore..
mere were six bulls engaged in 81
separate contests. and the a.odus oner
-, uaSn Va lhuch the same in each case
ne p,caa'res use as lance a pole ter.
liatihS IN short, sharp spike. When
,he quiz dashes at the morse the picazore
i"hSes at the animal, woundiny him
usually IN the shoulder In most cases
ne pays but scant attention to the irri-
la'ihg thrust. but cores the horse. han.
piiy making short and mortal work of
that portion Of the combat. The rR,er
sehSages himself as best he NAV, and
"hile doing SO baaderiNero, to at
uac' the attention O. the bull, filings a
tei cloak in his face. This calls him
oh, and he makes chase. being diverted
IN MS course by others of his torment
ors' until he is worked up to a hirh
ptch OF fly. While this goes on the
,hot Tands of spectators Shout their
iouacSt. and when an adroi. turn or
clever coup is made bv a performer
me more enthusiastic throw their cans
INTO the arena. crying bravo, toro.'
nlen pcgaio hombrc." And the am
pa;theater is seething, bowling mass
During the j. ogress of the fight the
6dnicrttteros. in order to keep the bill
IN an enraged condition, thrust sticks.
In the ends Of which are barbed points
Nihe the half of an arfR5w i'm his neck,
eh
with certainty and address the per-
former must face the bull and the
holdness with which he takes up his
position is surprising. While one ban
dertt,ero swiftly delivers the barhs
another stands close at h.1.d ready with
MS dull red cloak to cover the retreat
OF his companion. In Spain | am told
that when a bull is indisposed to show
hght or sinks away and fails 10 lie
aroused 10y these maddening weapons
they are supplemented by fireworks
which ignite when they touch the body
and blister them to agony and fury.
None OF the animals engaged in the
Plaza de la Habana required this fiend-
ISL Stimulant to incite them TO action.
On the contrary they entered into the
spirit of the fight with as much eager
ness and animation as did the per-
formers. Senior Francisco Aware,
who graciousiy accorded me a seat
in his box. ana who has witnessed
many trays in Madrid and Seville. as
sured ne that he had never seen 50 /,
brisk a set If pugnacious bulls. These !;
animals, by the way, are reared in An i
dalusia especially for the ring and cost.
five hundred dollars each 10 land !
in Havana. Their pedigrees were |
given IN the programme with many de-
IA is anant their breeding and condition. /
The supreme moment nj length anEiycs. i
After sufficient teasing and torsarffg
the enraged animal must be killed.
The eSpa3a, who has closely wss9 he'd
the AnanUuvres of the bsadcriGr.0i,
comes iauntily forward. bows grace
fully right and left to the vast thronE. !
and throws his black enlbroilercG. cap
high into the air. He carries a short.
straight sword and scarlet cloak. He
advances towards his antagonist and
provokes his attention. He cxasperatas
him by Haunting the red mantle, the
bull goes for him. and he leaps
adroitly on one side These movements
are repeated several times, and when
lie gtis MS NlNt4Hl wei In position inc
skiilfui Dic'ader with iiendish grace de-
livers his weapon almost to the hiit be-
tween the shoulder blade and the spine.
1t seems 4 miracle that he is not i'm
paled on the horns Of the beast. from
who's mouth "ushes n torrent of hood.
lie reels. RECEIVERS himself, makes
feeble show If resistance and falls
dead. The trumpeis blare ont fam
fare, the victorious as>alant RECEIVERS
his cap. smiles and bows low to the
President of the day, who is seated in
a cosy box. and the mighty multitude
express their delight and approval in
a frantic paroxysmal howl of acclama-
ton. The masculine portion of the I;
audience sway about with ferocity of
suggestive of tigers rather ,
than human beings. the ladies wildly
wave their fans and handkerchefs. and
even the children join in the universal
and bcwildcring panic. 1t isa moment I
Of madness a stupen Ions spectacle of '
Roman barbarity Of which we read in
histories of the past.-Hataaa Cor. y. y,
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